White & Case Represents Talbots in Its Sale to an Affiliate of Sycamore Partners

Global law firm White & Case LLP represented The Talbots, Inc., a leading specialty retailer and direct marketer of women’s apparel, shoes and accessories, in its sale to an affiliate of Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm. The transaction was consummated today.

The White & Case deal team was led by New York partners Morton A. Pierce, Chang-Do Gong and Robert N. Chung, with support from New York partners Greg Owens, Daren Orzechowski, Mark Hamilton, Bill Dantzler, Andrew Hammond, Richard Horsch, Ernest Patrikis and Glenn Kurtz, New York counsels Jason Rothschild and Kenneth Barr, Washington counsel Rebecca Farrington, Silicon Valley associate Allison Dodd and New York associates Michael Elliott, Andrew Schwab, Jae-In Yoo, Jad Itani, Isaac Tendler, Lydia Lin, Derrick Moore, Jennifer Oh, Andrew Spievack, Monica McDaniel, Allie Diamond, Mariam Subjally and Seth Kerschner.

With more than 500 lawyers internationally, White & Case’s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice offers market-leading expertise regarding strategic and private equity transactions and cross-border transactions. The practice has devised creative deal structures, designed acquisition programs and planned and implemented strategies for both acquirers and potential acquisition targets in domestic and cross-border transactions around the world.

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